A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Kileedy Pioneer association social at Parish Hall 1970
Feile na Maighe Reception at Croom in 1971
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Stool photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Boys photographed for Br. Perkins in 1971.
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Killaloe in 1971
Limerick v Drogheda in the replay of the FAI Cup at Dalymount Park in 1971.
Entrance to Villiers School in 1971.
Fedamore dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1970, featuring presentation of Clohessy Perpetual Cup.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Road Works on Sexton Street 1971
Jemni Productions at Town Hall in 1971
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Sean Bourke in Limerick 1971
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Mungret G.A.A. Dance at Parkway Motel in 1971.
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Richard Mooney and his brothers, Irish Dancers, Rathkeale (photographed for for D Naughton) in 1971.
Triumph Spitfire taken in 1970
Students' Protest March in O'Connell Street in 1971.
The repatriation of the body of Frank Stagg at Shannon Airport from Wakefield Prison in Britain where he died on hunger strike on 12 February 1976.
At Lahinch by Ger Saunders in 1971.
FCA in training at Kilworth army camp in Co. Cork
Presentation of giant Christmas Pudding at Social Service Centre, Limerick in December 1970.
Annual meeting of the Builders Federation at the Parkway Motel 1971.
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Taking last vows at Laurel Hill Convent in 1971 with celebratory meal and three-tier cake.
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Winners of Under 5/6 Speech Drama from the Salesian Convent in 1971.
Cast of The Mikado at Confraternity Hall (now the Belltable Arts Centre) in 1971.
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
Staff of Hire Drive photographed for advertising feature in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Prison Officers' dinner at the Greenhills Hotel, 1976
Ken Quinn, passport, 1970.
Senior Public Speaking (Impromptu), The Crescent, in 1971.
Protestors against the visit of the Lord Mayor of London to the Town Hall in 1971.
Gordon Shanny and Michael O'Brien at Double Two clothing exhibition at Glentworth Hotel, 1976
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Copy article entitled Lynch Law relating to Jack Lynch and Charles Haughey, taken in 1970.
Falls of Doonass in 1971.
Drinking Water, photographed for Editor in 1971.
Portrait of a young man taken for John O'Shaughnessy in 1971.
Press Conference at Shannonside regarding the staging of Mikado in 1971.
Youth leadership course organizers at Social Services Centre in 1971.
Killaloe in 1971
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Swimmers from Villiers School in 1971.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Jim Fitzgerald, photographed for soccer page, 1970.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre feature (Part 2), 1976
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Wallace Shoe Shop, premises at 2/3, Lower Henry Street, Limerick, photographed in 1971 for Begley Bourke Ltd., Auctioneers, in preparation for sale.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Catholic Institute pitch and putt players in Mayor's Office 1971
Inaugural meeting of Estuarial Ports Authority at the County Courthouse in 1971.
The repatriation of the body of Frank Stagg at Shannon Airport from Wakefield Prison in Britain where he died on hunger strike on 12 February 1976.
Watergate Flats photographed in 1971.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Portrait (subject unknown), photographed for Tony Purcell in 1971.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
St. Michael's Rowing Club anniversary dinner at the Parkway, 1976
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
Presentation at Telefusion shop in 1971.
Tuairim meeting at Cruise's Hotel in 1971
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel in 1971.
Kilmallock GAA, dinner dance in Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, March 1976
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
John Murphy Presentation at Shannon Arms in 1970
Limerick v Cork in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship semi-final at Thurles, Co. Tipperary on 6/28/1970. Final score Cork 4-13, Limerick 3-6. Action shot of John McDonagh who had a storming hour at right full back for Limerick beats Eddie O'Brien of Cork for possession and is about to make one of his lenghty clearances while newcomer, Mick O'Loughlin, comes in to lend support.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Staff of the National Bank of Ireland 1971
Hygiene Shop in Thomas St., in Limerick, 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Civil Defence dinner at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Ann McCarthy (Br. Perkins), 1971.
Crash at Hurler's Cross in 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
Mayor Liddy opens the Young Motherhood Boutique in Cecil St. in 1971.
Killaloe yachting, May 1976
O'Connell's Supermarket opens at the Fairgreen in 1971 (photographed for an advertising feature).
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.